RCB vs RR: Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended the losing streak at home with the season’s first victory at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, after defeating Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first. RR’s Jofra Archer opened the bowling attack for his team and showed a glimpse of his speed, troubling the batters with his pace in the first over of the match. Virat Kohli and Phil Salt played cautiously and took the score to 61 runs. It was in the 7th over when Phil Salt while trying to hit a six, got caught as RCB lost its first wicket. Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli partnered for the 2nd wicket as both batters scored their fifties. Kohli scored 70 runs before getting out. Some quick wickets from RR helped them to stop RCB at 205 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 206 runs, RR openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave the start to their team; in fact, Yashasvi Jaiswal launched the attack from the first delivery of the chase by hitting a six. Inside powerplay, the two took their team beyond 50 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi to get the first breakthrough for his team. Jaiswal was storming towards his fifty but Josh Hazlewood didn’t let that happen and picked up his wicket on 49 runs. Riyan Parag and Nitish Rana didn’t let the run rate slow down and took RR to 110 runs in 9 overs. Krunal Pandya dismissed Riyan Parag, and from there, RCB bowlers started putting pressure on RR.
Dhruv Jurel was playing his innings and smashed 22 runs in the 18th over to make it 18 required off 12 deliveries. Josh Hazlewood came to the rescue and picked up the wickets of Dhruv Jurel and Jofra Archer. From there, they managed to secure a win by 11 runs.
IPL 2025, Match 42nd, RCB vs RR: Award Winners| POTM
Curvv Super Striker of the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal(RR), Strike Rate-257.9
My11Circle Fantasy King of the Match: Josh Hazlewood(RCB)- 147 Fantasy Points
Angel One Super Sixes of the Match: Devdutt Padikkal(RCB)- 3 sixes
Rupay on the Go 4s: Virat Kohli(RCB)-8 fours
TATA IPL Green Dot Balls of the Match: Josh Hazlewood(RCB)- 15 dot balls
Player of the Match: Josh Hazlewood(RCB)- 4/33 in 4 Overs
IPL 2025, Match 42nd, RCB vs RR: Captains’ Corner
“It was a much needed win. Today the wicket was different, as we had expected. All the credit goes to the bowlers how they came back after the 10th over. The way they showed courage was tremendous. [On their score of 205] I think initially RR batted beautifully, credit goes to them. At some point we felt that it would be a tight match and we were just searching for wickets. Only if you get wickets you can stop runs. I always back my instincts first but we have a group of great leaders, so their thoughts and inputs are really helping us.”
Rajat Patidar(RCB Captain) said post-match
“I think we did really well with the ball. I thought it was a 210-220 wicket. We held them back really well. With the batting, I thought at the halfway mark we were in the driving seat. But we have ourselves to blame. We didn’t show enough intent against the spinners and didn’t execute well. The onus is on the players to show that freedom and put in performances with intent. It’s a tournament where you make one mistake and you pay for it and that’s what happened today. We speak a lot as groups, we try and be honest in our conversations. We have spoken about situations like this and we just couldn’t execute it tonight. We were in the driving seat and we let it slip. We gotta play for pride now.”
Riyan Parag(RR Captain) said post-match
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